The Heartbreak Option

The Heartbreak Option An Inspiring True Story

Paperback (30 Jun 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is the Amazing but true story of Lori Dawn Cartagena, a glamorous young Australian Entertainer who traveled to America after spending over twelve months from 1968 to 1969, entertaining American and Australian troops in Vietnam during the war. After surviving numerous ambushes and mortar attacks, Lori eventually flees war torn Asia and arrives in Canada. After a brief affair with a handsome, charming Toronto businessman, she moves to Florida to join a stage show where she finds herself in another desperate situation. Lori discovers she is pregnant and eventually has to make the most heartbreaking decision of her young life. as soon as her newborn son was taken away from her, Lori vowed she would one day find him again. She tried several times, but to no avail. However, 34 years later-he found her. The reunion was the most wonderful event both mother and son could only have dreamed of over those long, agonising years.

Book information

ISBN: 9780646513478
Publisher: On Demand Publishing, LLC-Create Space
Imprint: Lori D Cartagena
Pub date:
DEWEY: B
Language: English
Number of pages: 302
Weight: 611g
Height: 140mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 16mm